1970 - 1980
What was the approximate number of immigrants coming to the United States during the 1970s?
10.3 million
How did global events affect the United States immigration?
-9/11 made the rules stricter and caused the arrest of thousands. For Example
What did the Secure Fence Act of 2006 do?
Build a wire fence on the Mexican-U.S. border.
Characteristics of recent immigrant from 2011
Bringing new culture, higher education, undocumented
Which countries were most of the immigrants coming from? 3 answers
Mexico
Cuba
Vietnam
How much did the immigration number increase after the 1990 Immigration Act?
700,000
What did 9/11 do to Immigration Policy?
Make it stricter.
Impact of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Protection from deportation (for children)
What was one refugee policy made during this time? (1980)
Refugee Act of 1980
How did employment visas help the economy?
By getting more labourers into work
How did 9/11 affect refugee applications?
Bush put a three-month stall on them/ stall them.
What is social medias influence on immigration?
Misinformation and informing everyone
What ethnicities started coming to the United States more?
Asians
Latin America
Family immigration makes up 65% of what?
Immigration
How did 9/11 affect visas
-Bio metrics
Migration Pattern affects
Improved transportation, climate change, political instability going down, increased economic talk between countries.
What events encouraged the United States in 1970-1980?
Recent wars ending
Cuban refugees
Jewish
What is the Diversity Visa Program (Green card lottery)?
Immigrants can come over from counties that don't come over often.
What was public preception of immigrants after 9/11?
All muslims are terriost and worst sterotypes.
7.5 months.
What is 9235 times 0.2
1847 (Highest year of Immigration in the United States